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What Employees Really Want from Their PTO Package

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Paid time off (PTO) is more than a privilege. employees often find themselves putting in long hours, taking fewer lunch breaks, and even getting side-gigs to keep pace. That begs the question, is all the tenacity balanced with sufficient PTO and the ability to stay home when you’re sick? And what does pressure add to the mix?

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What Hourly Workers Really Want (It Might Surprise You)

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You’ll be able to attract more candidates and it will also give them a great employee incentive to work hard. However, many hourly employers don’t offer much PTO if they offer it at all. See if there is a way your company can offer a bonus tied to performance. Vacation Time. And this, on the surface, seems like a good idea.

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10 Employee Incentive Programs to Engage Your Team

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When an incentive is offered, 85 percent of workers feel more motivated to do their best. If you’re interested in discovering the most impactful employee incentive programs available for your organization, read on. What are employee incentive programs? The value of employee incentive programs.

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5 Company Initiatives That Improve Office Culture

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Set a sleep goal for employees and have them track their sleep over a period of time to earn rewards like gift cards, merchandise or PTO. Employees will feel better and they’ll love telling people they have “sleep goals” for work. This initiative allows employees to shadow their peers for a period of time.

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12 Ways to Improve Your Workforce’s Work-Life Balance

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Make Sure Employees Take All Their Paid Leave. A study by TSheets found that 65 percent didn’t use all of their PTO in one year — five days, on average, were left unused. Employees need time to recalibrate and take care of their personal life outside of work.

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11 ways to increase employee happiness at your organization

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Even the most engaged employees will eventually burn out and look for opportunities elsewhere if they don’t have time to rest, recharge, and pursue personal priorities. Supporting work-life balance starts with the basics, like providing employees with ample breaks and paid time off (PTO), but it doesn’t stop there.

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3 Reasons to Boost Your Employee Benefits Offerings in 2020

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That’s the case for any employee benefit, from time off to healthcare to flexible work arrangements to workers’ comp insurance. Naturally, most businesses can’t afford the king suite of benefits—unlimited PTO, free insurance, etc. You might be thinking, “Well, of course, they would.” Ten years ago, that wasn’t a problem.